Category Archives: Economics and the like

Cartoon: Taking Away His Incentive To Work

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: In some circles, Portland’s claim to fame, aside from “burned down by Antifa in 2020,” is the large number of people living on the streets. I think everyone agrees that housing … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Keep Government Out of the Economy!

That conservatives frequently call for reducing government interference in the economy, while constantly supporting government interference in the economy, is nothing new. But the particular story that galvanized this cartoon – Florida’s ban on “fake meat” back in May – … Continue reading

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Cartoon: The Criminalizing Homelessness Cycle

On Governing Magazine’s website, Thea Sebastian, Hanna Love and Tahir Duckett wrote: Criminalizing homelessness is bad financially and bad for public safety. Homelessness and incarceration have long been linked, as many people shuttle between jails, prisons, emergency rooms and the streets. … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Announcing My New A.I. Comics Initiative!

After I finished this cartoon, someone on Reddit asked me if one of my previous cartoons was drawn by A.I.. So just in case, I’ll clarify: This comic is not really drawn by A.I.. The news that inspired this comic: Colin … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Door to Door Policy Salesman

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky says, “an unexpected challenge of drawing the big head style is that a man’s hat is the same size as his whole torso. I REALLY wanted one of the salesman to … Continue reading

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Cartoon: The Conservative Guide To Fighting Poverty

This is another cartoon I made a two-minute timelapse video for. Making these videos is easy and I enjoy showing them to folks, so I’ll continue doing them now and then. Two things to watch out for in the timelapse … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Let’s Outlaw Being Homeless! That’ll Work!

This cartoon is drawn by the always-great R. E. Ryan. I worked for many years at a historic church site in Portland, Oregon. The most fun part of the job was directing wedding rehearsals. (As a wedding coordinator, I helped … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Free Trade Is For Peasants, Not Cartoonists!

There’s something bizarrely fun about drawing myself as a cliche of a wealthy man. Although at the same time I was drawing this cartoon, I was also working on a still-to-come cartoon which also involves lots and lots of panels … Continue reading

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Cartoon: The GOP Tax Policy Cycle!

Bobby Kogen, at the Center for American Progress, writes: Long-term projections show that federal debt as a percentage of the U.S. economy is on a path to grow indefinitely… House Republican leaders have used this fact to call for spending … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Self-Made Billionaire

This feels like a very old-fashioned lefty cartoon to me; it’s super-didactic, reliant on labels, has no real punchline, and it’s less about telling a joke then it is about trying to illustrate a basic principal of lefty economics. Other … Continue reading

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